# KDE 6.7 Background App **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [June 19, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kde-6-7-background-app/47937 "2026-06-19T17:05:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elessartd](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/elessartd/32/34329_2.png) [@elessartd](https://discuss.kde.org/u/elessartd)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kde-6-7-background-app/47937/1 "2026-06-19T17:05:46Z")
Hi everyone, I’m running KDE Plasma on Arch Linux. Since updating to Plasma 6.7, every time I launch a Flatpak-installed application an icon for that app appears in the system tray. I believe this is caused by the new “Background apps” feature. The problem is that the icon shows up even for applications that don’t actually run in the background — for example Postman or LibreOffice. As soon as I close the app, the icon disappears. Is this the expected behavior? I find it pretty annoying, and I’d like to know whether there’s a way to disable it, or to limit it to apps that genuinely keep running in the background. Thanks in advance for any help. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_Brown](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/paul_brown/32/37_2.png) [@Paul\_Brown](https://discuss.kde.org/u/Paul_Brown)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kde-6-7-background-app/47937/2 "2026-06-19T17:09:09Z")
I am running Arch too, and I am not seeing this behaviour at all. 🤷 ---
**Author:** ![Nele](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/nele/32/33508_2.png) [@Nele](https://discuss.kde.org/u/Nele)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kde-6-7-background-app/47937/3 "2026-06-19T17:18:40Z")
Does only happen when you launch Flatpaks? Or other applications too? ---
**Author:** ![pezz](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/pezz/32/34346_2.png) [@pezz](https://discuss.kde.org/u/pezz)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kde-6-7-background-app/47937/4 "2026-06-20T06:29:46Z")
Seeing this exact behaviour on Arch + Plasma 6.7 as well. Seems to be that all flatpak apps get a tray icon no matter what now, doesn’t seem to affect anything non-flatpak. Other odd behaviour includes the icons being persistent after a flatpak is closed. Sometimes the icon goes away after 5 seconds, sometimes it goes away after 20 minutes. Very annoying and would like to see the tray behave like it used to. Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![elessartd](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/elessartd/32/34329_2.png) [@elessartd](https://discuss.kde.org/u/elessartd)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kde-6-7-background-app/47937/5 "2026-06-20T10:53:54Z")
The problem only occurs with Flatpak apps — native packages don’t trigger it. I also tested this across three of my own Arch Linux installations. On two of them the issue appears, but on the third it doesn’t. The only difference I can find between them is the display server: the two machines where the problem occurs are running X11, while the one that works fine is on Wayland. Could that be the cause? ---
**Author:** ![johnveness](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/johnveness/32/36106_2.png) [@johnveness](https://discuss.kde.org/u/johnveness)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 12:46pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/kde-6-7-background-app/47937/6 "2026-06-21T12:46:07Z")
This is happening for me too in openSUSE Tumbleweed, so it’s not just an Arch issue. It only happens for Flatpak apps and only (sort of) in X11. Relevant bug report: [https://bugs.kde.org/show\_bug.cgi?id=521540](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=521540)